Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mayor of Hastings
Incumbent Sandra Hazlehurst since 24 November 2017
Appointer	Elected
Inaugural holder	Robert Wellwood
Formation	1886
Deputy	Tania Kerr
Website	Official website: https://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/our-council/mayor-and-councillors

The mayor of Hastings is the head of the Local Government of Hastings, New Zealand, and presides over the Hastings District Council. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood (1886–1887), and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, who is the first woman to be elected to the office.

The mayor is directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system.

List of mayors of Hastings

There have been 22 mayors of Hastings.

	Mayor		Term of office
1		Robert Wellwood	1886–1887
2		George Ellis	1887–1890
3		W. F. Burnett	1890–1891
(2)		George Ellis	1891–1894
4		Cecil Fitzroy	1894–1899
5		William Young Dennett	1899–1904
6		W. Lane	1904–1905
(5)		William Young Dennett	1905–1906
7		T. J. Thompson	1906–1909
8		John A. Miller	1909–1911
9		James Garnett	1911–1913
10		William Hart	1913–1917
11		Horace Simson	1917–1919
12		George Ebbett	1919–1921
(10)		William Hart	1921–1922
13		George Maddison	1922–1929
14		George Roach	1929–1933
(13)		George Maddison	1933–1941
15		Algie Rainbow	1941–1947
16		R.D. Brown	1947–1953
17		Sir Ed Bate	1953–1959
18		Ron Giorgi	1959–1974
19		Jim O'Connor	1974–1986
20		Jeremy Dwyer	1986–2001
21		Lawrence Yule	2001–2017
22		Sandra Hazlehurst	2017–present